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rummagenoun an unorganized collection or mixture of various thingsa rummage of textbooks, notebooks, and old school papers all over the desk agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundriesaccumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomerationcatchalladmixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-upbollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast(chiefly British), mess, morass, shamblesimbroglio, knot, snarl, tangle rummageverbto come upon after searching, study, or effortat the last minute she rummaged a costume from the attic ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), hunt (down or up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn up espy, sight, spotlook for, search (for or out), seek miss, overlook, pass over lose, mislay, misplace, misset to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover somethinghe rummaged the desk drawer trying to find the spare keys comb, dig (through), dredge, hunt (through), rake, ransack, rifle, scour, search, sort (through), troll frisk, pat down, shake downaudit, check (out), examine, inspect, investigate, review, scan, scrutinize, surveyascertain, descry, detect, determine, discover, ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), learn, locate, run down, scare up, track (down)grub (about), poke (around)explore, probe, prospect, skirmish, snoopbrowse, glance (over), look overperuse, study hideabandon, loseignore, neglect in 1582 |